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30 killed in Pan Amer Constellation crash at Shannon Airport on London-NYC flight; 1 of 19 Amers is sole survivor; victims listed
Quill demands rise to pay for wage increase, hearing
approved by US, GB and France, Frankfort conf
comment on conv outlook in light of Neb results; Stassen emerges a top contender; Dewey suffers setback; Taft seen greatest loser; Vandenberg seen strongest compromise candidate; Stassen on Neb victory; Brownell statement
Quill renews strike threat
1948Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic[†]
Christopher Paul Hadley Brown, CBE is a British art historian and academic. He was director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England from 1998 to 2014. He is recognised as an authority on Sir Anthony van Dyck.
1948Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (died 2003)[†]
Michael Arnold Kamen was an American composer, arranger, conductor, songwriter, and musician. He began his work as a pop and rock music arranger, notably for Pink Floyd, and was a member of the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble and the Roger Waters Band. Starting in the mid-1980s, he achieved further prominence as a composer of film scores.
1948Phil Mogg, English singer-songwriter and musician[†]
Phillip John Mogg is an English singer. He was the lead singer and frontman of the hard rock band UFO, which he co-founded with longtime friends Pete Way, Andy Parker and Mick Bolton in 1968.
1948Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (born 1892)[†]
Radola Gajda, born as Rudolf Geidl was a Czech military commander and politician.